When Switzerland first banned casinos back in 1998 they were afraid that online gambling would interfere with the success of their local casino industry. Unfortunately when they decided to ban online casino providers they failed to really enforce the bans.
What that means is that not only is the brick and mortar casino industry already competing with online casinos, but the online casinos are running without paying a tax to Switzerland, and they don’t have to worry about having any permits to operate in that country either. This means that Switzerland is throwing away a money making opportunity for the country without really drawing any benefits from it either.
For this reason they are planning on making online gambling legal once again. They are going to change their original constitution with an amendment to allow online gambling and to start taking some money from the industry that so many of their citizens are already participating in anyways.
The legalization of the industry will also help to keep their citizens safe from shady organizations because they will be kept from operating in the country unlike their competitors. The citizens will obviously choose the legal options over the illegal ones as long as they offer a similar experience, and that means that they will gain a more secure experience as a side-effect.
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